Beginnings and Endings

Worried

Alice was in the office after her nose stopped bleeding with Bucky sitting beside her "Mr. Barnes, you are aware that your daughter's grades have been going down the past few weeks, yes?" the principal asked looking away from her computer "Yes, and I'm very disappointed" Bucky looked over at Alice who was just looking down for a moment then back at the principal

Alice and Bucky were in the car driving home "What the hell Alice?! How many times do we have to talk about this?" he looked at her then back at the road "I'm sorry Dad I-" she was looking out the window "Alice, what is going on with you?!" he pulled into the driveway "I just can't sleep at night" she got out of the car

Alice was in her room when there was a knock on her door, "Come in" she sat up "Hey, how's your nose?" Bucky asked "It's fine dad" she looked up "Ok" he sat down "Come to scold me again?" she looked at her hands "No, just, can you get some sleep please?" he asked softly "Yea" she nodded a little "Thanks" he walked out

Alice woke up the next morning to a loud knocking on her door "Alice" she heard a voice call "I'm coming, I'm coming" she stood up turned her lamp on "Didn't know I got a new alarm clock" she mumbled

"Morning" Freddie smiled as she opened the door "It's too early for you to be banging on my door" she rubbed her eyes "Well, your dad wanted me to tell you breakfast is ready" he smiled softly "I'll be down in like 10 minutes" she groaned softly "Ok" he walked down the steps "Wait what are you doing here?!" She stuck her head out the door in his direction "It's the weekend I have nothing to do!" he answered already halfway down the stairs "Right" she spoke to herself shutting her bed room door then went and brushed her hair looking at herself in the mirror

Alice walked in the kitchen "Morning" she got some waffles then poured some syrup on them and sat down "Morning" Bucky smiled softly before kissing her head
"So, any plans?" Freddie looked at Alice while walking around her room "No, probably just gonna watch tv" she watched as he walked around looking at her stuff "You have a lot of paintings...they're very..." he looked at one of them "They're not bad are they?" she asked with a hint of sadness in her tone "No, they're beautiful, I was just finding the right words to describe them" he turned around quickly to reassure her "Oh, ok" she smiled softly while nodding "And you made these?" he looked back at them "Yea, it helps me think, get things off my mind" she watched as he looked at the paintings

Alice was just sleeping while Freddie was building something out of some stuff she said he could do whatever with on the floor "No, no Freddie, that's not right" he whispered softly to himself when he messed something up, eventually Alice woke up and saw him building something "Hi" she popped her head beside his "Hey" he looked at her for a moment before going back to what he was building "Whatcha making?" she asked, sitting beside him "Something" he spoke quietly speaking as he was focused. "Ok, well I hope whatever it is turns out to be beautiful" she looked at what he was making "Where did you get all this stuff anyway?" he looked at her

"I just see things that look interesting and pick it up" she shrugged "Oh" he smiled softly "Yea, I like to figure out what I can do with them" she smiled back "That's good, doing something you like" he nudged her gently "Yea" she chuckled

Bucky was talking to Nat about Alice and her grades while getting ready for bed "...But I'm not expecting them to be perfect, but I'm worried Nat, she usually doesn't get anything lower than a B" Bucky was in the bathroom brushing his teeth as Nat was changing into some night clothes "Yea, she also skipped her favorite lunch" she walked over to him when she had finished changing "She never skips chinese" he answered, pointing his toothbrush at Nat while speaking "Do you think she's having nightmares?" she leaned her on his shoulder "Maybe, I'll talk to her about it in the morning" he spat the toothpaste out and rinsed his mouth out "Ok" she walked back to the bed and laid down

Alice woke up later in the night screaming while shaking softly "Alice?" Bucky ran in and looked at her with worry, she didn't say anything but just looked at him with fear in her eyes "Alice what's wrong?" he walked over to her and sat down

"It was terrible, they took me from you, and they tortured me, the-they had me kill you" she looked at him while tears filled her eyes and a few rolled down her cheeks "Hey, hey, I'm still here aren't I?" he wiped her tears "Yea but, what if-" her voice was shaky as she spoke and more tears fell from her eyes "They won't get to me Alice, and they certainly won't get to you" he pulled her into a hug and stroked her hair gently

"I won't let anyone take you from me again" His voice was soft and gentle while heard her soft sobs "Not a single person is going to hurt you ever again"

Alice had eventually fallen back asleep in his arms, he gently laid her down then quietly walked out of the room and back to his own, once he got there he laid down and fell back to sleep

The next morning Natasha had gone out on a mission and Bucky was making breakfast when Alice walked into the kitchen "Morning little one" he turned to see her "Morning" she rubbed her eyes as she sat down "Did you sleep well after the nightmare?" he put a plate of waffles in front of her "Yea" She smiled softly and started to eat "That's good" he smiled softly